An easy family recipe for snowman cake pops. A fun and delicious treat to enjoy with family and friends during the winter season.

Do you have any traditional desserts you make during the holiday season?! Last year, I shared my Grandma’s famous Bark recipe, which I make every single year. But I also like to break away from our traditions and try new recipes. These days, I’m especially looking for recipes that my kids will enjoy making and eating with me! That’s why I chose to try making some Snowman Cake Pops this year. 

Let me tell you… you will NOT regret putting these guys together! The first time I made these, my children were definitely too young to help with putting them together (imagine icing all over the kitchen! lol). But they absolutely loved eating them.

Not that my kids are a bit older, I try to do all of my holiday baking with them and these are definitely something they can handle now.

How to Make Your Snowman Cake Pops

I started by making the cake pops using this recipe from Wilton. This is the best cake pop recipe I’ve come across, so I’m not going to reinvent the wheel here! I’m just going to show you how I transformed these delicious guys into snowmen with a few of my secrets.

Once you have your cake baked, and mixed with the icing, forming perfect cake pop spheres is always a challenge, but it’s much easier when you are making your cake balls into snowballs.

The great thing about snowmen is that the snowballs are never perfect! No need for perfection when making these ones. Just try to make one half of your snowballs a bit larger than the other have (for the bottoms and tops).

When it came time to add icing to the snowballs, I used a couple of spoons to help me rolls the cake balls, and then carefully scooped them out with a spoon and placed them onto the parchment.

If you put your parchment sheet right in the fridge they will cool much faster. I just opened the fridge door every time I wanted to add a new ball so that they could continue cooling while I got the next one ready.

Candy Details

I used a little bit of melted icing to attach each of the candy pieces; from the fruit-by-the-foot scarf, to the jube jube buttons, to the Rolo and dark chocolate melt hat!

Each time I added a candy, I did the same thing as above, and popped it into the fridge to set. They will generally set very quickly in the cooler fridge temp than on the counter.

I added one candy at a time, and then used an edible marker to add dots for the eyes and mouth.

This recipe does require you to plan ahead. You need time to bake the cake, two hours to allow everything to set, and then time to decorate. The end result is well worth it though!

Recipe Printable

For those that like to print a hard copy, here is the full snowman cake pop recipe:

When the snowmen were done, I chose to place them in some coconut to look like fake snow. You could easily do this on a cake stand if you were displaying them for friends, kids, or a party.  I hope you enjoy your snowman cake pops as much as we did!

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And if you haven’t had enough Holiday Goodies, check out these recipes:

Grandma’s Christmas Bark

Ornament Cake Pops